The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-29
TRIP TO COLORADO.

~ to attend the National Editorial
Convention, and (2) to see the Rockies
and the best towns of the state.
We cannot in. this issue give full
account of the trip, but we hope in fu.
ture to have much to say Of Colorado
rs u summer resort and also as a
mining and agricultural state.
Arriving late. we saw but one day OF
the convention, but we saw enough to
feel assured that it was in competent
hands. and that the National Editorial
Association promises to become per
msnent organization and result in
great good to the newspaper business
of the country.
The editors We're royalty treated by
the, people Of Colorado. They are u
wide.awake, intelligent, broad-guage
people, who know that much of their
wealth lies in scenery and climate, and
they are ready always to advertise lib
orally and boom the climate and seen
cry market.
At Denver the editors were rendered
a banquet at the Windsor hotel, which
was one of the finest we ever attended.
The governors and ex-governors, sena-
tors and ex-senators, supreme judges
and ex judges, and number of othe,
distinguished people were present. The
''menu" lastt d till 12*o'clock and the
toasts and speeches till i. The editors
learned much abont Colorado from the
speakers and will always have pleasant
memories of the hospitable and beauti-
ful city IF Denver. Denver is the city
of the Rockies par excellence, clean,
beautiful, wealthy, full OF life and en-
ercy, and the second city on the cont
nent in rapidity of growth. A million
dollar opera house, million dollar
hotel about to he built, the finest
school house in America but one, a
court house equal to most of the state
houses, 4 magnificent state house plan
ned and building, the largest smelling
works in the world, mild, sunshiny
climate, and plenty of room and mil
lions Of money, Denver is shaping 70.
the finest city on the summit Or top OF
the continent.
After the convention, special trains
were rendered the Press Association
The first days trip was through the
agricultural districts, with visits tc
such thriving centres as Greeley, Fort
Collins, J.ongmont, Boulder, etc. 81
Greeley the p;rty visited the county
fair aud at Boulder they saw an impro
vised vegetable fair which would have
done credit to any state fair. Here
they we're splendidly entertained by
the Boulder Club, the banquet being
nearly as fine, if not equal to, the Den
YER banquet. Here, too. they learned
much Of the resources of Colorado, an(
especially of the mining and agricultu-
raj resources about Boulder. The dis
play of fruits and vegetables gathered
hastily about the town and shown tt
the editors made u lasting impression,
upon all in favor of irrigation. The
results are sure and largely under hu
man control where there is waite,
supply for irrigation.
The next day the editors boarded the
train at Denver for a trip to Leadville
over the Denver 4 South Park narrow
guage road. The trip was up and
through and over the Rockies,
through the Platte Canon, the South
Park, and in and out among the colos-
sal peaks, catching glimpse of the
Mount Of the Holy Cross far up the
range.
At dark the party arrived at Lead
vile. Here they were not entertained
and but little attention was shown
them. They paid their own bills for
the poorest hotel accommodations they
had ever encountered, and wandered at
their own sweet will about tho great
est mining camp in the world, a city of
10000. with 1000 wise women and
1000 otherwise,'' with saloons and
gambling houses wide open all night,
and all-gambling, liquor and women
houses-run to their fullest capacity.
We paused while crossing a street and
counted % saloons in one block. The
gentlemanly agent at the depot, after
telling us that Leadville had sent out
her 100 millions of bullion, said there
was five millions of ore in sight at one
mine ''up there" and then he called
our attention to q tons of bullion
which was corded up along the track,
each bar worth $500. He said it was
perfectly safe there as it was peni-
tentiary Offense to be found with one
of these bars in ones possession. Lead
vile is between 10000 and 1900 feet
above the sea level, and the effect upon
people with weak lungs or hearts is
very decided. In fact the stoutest
newcomers pant after a little exertion,
and nervous people, or those whose
hearts are diseased, frequently think
they are about to die. Several citizens
Informed US that they could not sleep
the first three nights in Leadville, but
lay in momentary expectation of death.
This soon wears off and after u year
they become ''acclimated" aud like the
climate. Several of our party were
taken sick at Leadville and one or two
were in terror caused by the refractory
action of their hearts. The only effect
we noticed personally was a rapid
breathing after little exertion and a
little blood appearing in the left ear.
The pressure of the air at Denver is
said to be only II pounds to the square
inch and it must be pound or two less
at Leadville.
At II O'Clock on Sunday the party
boarded the new and superior cars of
the Midland road for ride to Mani
tou: The Midland is the new stand
ard guage road through the Rockies,
and the engineering triumph is said to